Hi rabbit_hockey_101 and welcome to the forums! Btw, I love your avatar -- so cute! Others may have some ideas, but... I think you got it yourself right there in that sentence. People have to realize for themselves that there *is* a problem. Whatever it is. It's hard to accept watching from the outside, but it's highly unlikely someone could be "convinced", you know? And just a gut feeling on my part, but it would seem to me especially when they have a firmly held belief system they feel already explains everything.... regardless of what that belief system is. Could be believing one's chakras or yin/yang were unbalanced or whatever, or God, or that everything can be solved with herbs. Or the power of the mind. People want to fit everything into whatever belief system they subscribe to, especially when --for whatever reason-- they feel that some concept actively contradicts or challenges some area of their belief... or somehow shows their belief to be just not strong enough if they accept such a thing. They'd see it as admitting their system might need some sort of "outside intervention" to work, and that's a hard thing to swallow when one really buys into any given system. It's just like that story (and you have probably heard this one )... Floods come. Man is stranded up on the roof. "Oh God, save me!" Someone comes by in a boat. "Here, jump in". "Not necessary! God will save me!" Various other means come by for his rescue. He rejects them all. He dies. In heaven, he says, "God, why did you not save me?!" God said, "I sent a boat, I sent a helicopter..."

Maybe I'm just blathering (hehe, it's been known to happen!), but it's just some stuff I've observed over the years on human nature. Sometimes people come to accept things. Sometimes they don't. It's frustrating, but remember, we truly can't control others. Only ourselves.

Don't get me wrong... I think it is commendable that you care and want to do something. Just temper your expectations. It will likely be a long and uphill battle, and ultimately, the decision is hers.